550 Park Avenue is a luxury apartment building on

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on the

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, United States.

Design

550 Park Avenue was designed by

J.E.R. Carpenter James Edwin Ruthven Carpenter Jr. (January 7, 1867 – June 11, 1932) was the leading architect of luxury residential high-rise buildings in New York City in the early 1900s. Biography He studied at the University of Tennessee and at the Mas ...

. The 17-floor building was completed on December 11, 1917 and converted to a cooperative in 1952 with only 32 apartments. It is adjacent to the

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Notable residents

*Carpenter and his wife were among the initial residents. *

August Belmont, Jr. August Belmont Jr. (February 18, 1853 – December 10, 1924) was an American financier. He financed the construction of the early history of the IRT subway, original New York City subway (1900–1904) and for many years headed the Interborough R ...

, a financier *

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, a soprano singer *

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, a fashion columnist and editor

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{{Park Avenue Apartment buildings in New York City Residential buildings in Manhattan Condominiums and housing cooperatives in Manhattan Park Avenue Upper East Side